Champions of Yes Conference to Discuss Region's Maritime Industry Expansion and Environmental...

Champions of Yes Conference to Discuss Region's Maritime Industry Expansion
and Environmental Goals
Bay Planning Coalition's Conference Will Attract Bay Area Industry, Government
and Organization Leaders

SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Bay Planning Coalition, the
non-profit association dedicated to ensuring that commerce, recreation and the
natural environment thrive in the San Francisco Bay-Delta region, celebrates
its 25th anniversary with today's Annual San Francisco Bay Decisionmakers
Conference -- Champions of Yes: 1983-2008 and Beyond. The conference will be
held at the Marriott Oakland City Center, and will feature a full day of
dialogue including speakers from the California Air Resources Board, US
Department of Transportation, US Environmental Protection Agency, as well as
economists, financial and maritime industry experts and local government and
labor leaders.
The conference celebrates Bay Planning Coalition's 25 years of leadership.
In addition to launching a new discussion on a vision for the San Francisco
Bay-Delta, the conference is a call to action to protect vital Bay-Delta
resources, including expansion of the maritime and goods movement industries
and air quality improvements.
"For 25 years, the Bay Planning Coalition has played a unique and valuable
role in developing innovative policies for the use of San Francisco Bay and
the Delta that make good business and environmental sense," says, Speaker
Nancy Pelosi. "As we face the challenge of climate change at the local and
global level, BPC's ability to build successful collaborations will be more
important than ever. Congratulations on your Silver Anniversary."
Conference sessions focus on key issues such as the maritime industry
expansion and air quality improvements. The conference has several sessions
addressing this topic of interest -- Sustaining Local Industry: A Legacy for
Quality of Life will launch a discussion on what it takes to sustain the
unique economic engine of the Bay-Delta's waterways and contiguous shoreline
to support the region's economic and environmental well-being, Public Private
Partnerships (PPP) for a Thriving Marine Infrastructure will explore the
varying types of PPP relationships needed to achieve operational efficiency in
today's competitive market; Luncheon Keynote Address by Sean Connaughton,
Administrator, The Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation: A Vision for the 21st Century will lay out the Maritime
Administration's plan for promoting these waterways and their ability to
thrive; the afternoon panel discussion Air Quality -- Emissions and Global
Warming: A New Frontier will provide an overview of the topic of air quality
related to particulate emissions and CO2 greenhouse gas emissions and suggest
approaches for problem definition, measurement, planning, and action. For
more information on the conference, please call the Bay Planning Coalition at
415/397.2293 or visit the BPC web site at http://www.bayplanningcoalition.org.
The Bay Planning Coalition, founded in 1983, is a nonprofit,
membership-based organization representing 200 maritime industry, shoreline
property owners, local governments and Bay users. It advocates the balanced
regulation and use of Bay-Delta resources. For more information on the BPC,
please visit the Web site, http://www.bayplanningcoalition.org.
SOURCE Bay Planning Coalition

Teresa Jones, +1-408-793-2366, tjones@coakleyheagerty.com, for Bay Planning
Coalition